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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 711 (707/45)
India v England, 1972/73, 5th Test
Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
6,7,8,10,11 February 1973 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
India wins the 5-Test series 2-1

Toss: India
Umpires: MV Gothoskar and J Reuben

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: India 250/4 (Durani 20*, Viswanath 10*)
  • Day 2: India 448, England 41/2 (Knott 29*, Underwood 1*)
  • Day 3: England 333/5 (Greig 126*)
  • Day 4: England 480, India 102/0 (Engineer 47*, Gavaskar 53*)
    India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    +FM Engineer          c Roope            b Birkenshaw         121 283 182 14 0
    SM Gavaskar                              b Old                  4  33  22  0 0
    *AL Wadekar           c Old              b Birkenshaw          87 238 178 14 0
    SA Durani             c Underwood        b Pocock              73 210 150 10 2
    Mansur Ali Khan                          b Underwood            1  10   8  0 0
    GR Viswanath                             b Arnold             113 267 214 18 1
    ED Solkar             c Denness          b Old                  6  30  20  1 0
    S Abid Ali            c Roope            b Arnold              15  37  23  2 0
    S Venkataraghavan     not out                                  11  36  30  2 0
    BS Bedi                                  b Arnold               0   6   3  0 0
    BS Chandrasekhar      c Fletcher         b Old                  3  20   9  0 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 4, nb 6)                        14
    Total                 (all out, 138.2 overs)                  448
    
    FoW: 1-25 (Gavaskar), 2-217 (Wadekar), 3-220 (Engineer),
         4-221 (Mansur Ali Khan), 5-371 (Durani), 6-395 (Solkar),
         7-427 (Abid Ali), 8-435 (Viswanath), 9-439 (Bedi),
         10-448 (Chandrasekhar).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Arnold                      21      3     64      3
    Old                         21.2    2     78      3
    Underwood                   26      6    100      1
    Greig                       22      7     62      0
    Pocock                      25      7     63      1
    Birkenshaw                  23      2     67      2
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    *AR Lewis                                b Abid Ali             0   1   1  0 0
    GRJ Roope             c Abid Ali         b Chandrasekhar       10  50  36  1 0
    +APE Knott            lbw                b Chandrasekhar       56 101  84  9 0
    DL Underwood          c Abid Ali         b Bedi                 9  40  41  1 0
    KWR Fletcher          lbw                b Bedi               113 298 259 13 0
    AW Greig              lbw                b Chandrasekhar      148 360 291 24 0
    MH Denness            c Venkataraghavan  b Bedi                29 112  85  4 0
    J Birkenshaw                             b Chandrasekhar       36 130 100  3 0
    CM Old                               c & b Venkataraghavan     28  45  43  6 0
    GG Arnold             lbw                b Chandrasekhar       27  54  51  4 0
    PI Pocock             not out                                   0   7   5  0 0
    Extras                (b 13, lb 5, nb 6)                       24
    Total                 (all out, 163.1 overs)                  480
    
    FoW: 1-0 (Lewis), 2-38 (Roope), 3-67 (Underwood), 4-79 (Knott),
         5-333 (Fletcher), 6-381 (Greig), 7-397 (Denness),
         8-442 (Old), 9-479 (Birkenshaw), 10-480 (Arnold).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Abid Ali                    15      2     60      1
    Solkar                       4      0     16      0
    Bedi                        69     20    138      3
    Chandrasekhar               46.1    8    135      5
    Durani                       4      0     21      0
    Venkataraghavan             25      1     86      1
    
    India 2nd innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    +FM Engineer                             b Underwood           66 165 141  9 0
    SM Gavaskar                          c & b Underwood           67 160 128 12 0
    SA Durani             c Knott            b Pocock              37  66  61  6 1
    GR Viswanath          c Knott            b Greig               48 142 106  7 0
    Mansur Ali Khan                          b Pocock               5 102  84  0 0
    *AL Wadekar           not out                                  11  48  39  0 0
    ED Solkar             not out                                   6  26  18  0 0
    Extras                (lb 4)                                    4
    Total                 (5 wickets declared, 96 overs)          244
    
    DNB: S Abid Ali, S Venkataraghavan, BS Bedi, BS Chandrasekhar.
    
    FoW: 1-135 (Gavaskar), 2-136 (Engineer), 3-198 (Durani),
         4-227 (Viswanath), 5-233 (Mansur Ali Khan).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Arnold                       3      0     13      0
    Old                          3      1     11      0
    Underwood                   38     16     70      2
    Greig                       13      7     19      1
    Pocock                      27      5     75      2
    Birkenshaw                  12      1     52      0
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 213 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
    J Birkenshaw                             b Bedi                12  35  32  2 0
    GRJ Roope             not out                                  26  97  93  4 0
    +APE Knott                               b Chandrasekhar        8  17   9  2 0
    *AR Lewis             not out                                  17  43  40  1 0
    Extras                (b 3, lb 1)                               4
    Total                 (2 wickets, 29 overs)                    67
    
    DNB: DL Underwood, KWR Fletcher, AW Greig, MH Denness, CM Old,
         GG Arnold, PI Pocock.
    
    FoW: 1-23 (Birkenshaw), 2-37 (Knott).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Solkar                       2      0      4      0
    Bedi                        10      4     25      1
    Chandrasekhar                9      1     26      1
    Venkataraghavan              5      1      8      0
    Gavaskar                     2      2      0      0
    Mansur Ali Khan              1      1      0      0
    


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    Team Pages: India, England.

    Ground Page: Brabourne Stadium, Bombay

    India Player Pages: FM Engineer, SM Gavaskar, AL Wadekar, SA Durani, Mansur Ali Khan, GR Viswanath, ED Solkar, S Abid Ali, S Venkataraghavan, BS Bedi, BS Chandrasekhar.

    England Player Pages: AR Lewis, GRJ Roope, APE Knott, DL Underwood, KWR Fletcher, AW Greig, MH Denness, J Birkenshaw, CM Old, GG Arnold, PI Pocock.

    Match Officials' Pages: MV Gothoskar, J Reuben.

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